At a working session in the US on August 10 between Minister of Culture,Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and US Under Secretary of StateRichard Stengel, the two sides agreed that culture and people-to-peopleexchanges play a crucial role in promoting friendship, peace andreconciliation between the two countries.
The US is expected to increase collaboration with Vietnam in humanresources training in cinema, music and dance, Minister Anh said.
He also called for the US’s assistance in finding a site for theVietnamese cultural centre in the US as well as its support for projectson cultural preservation and translation of American literature worksinto Vietnamese and vice versa.
The Minister proposed both countries sign agreements on tourismcooperation at the government level while facilitating collaboration andexchanges between Vietnamese and US tourist associations.
He noted that the US has become a leading investor in Vietnam’s tourismin recent years, evidenced by over 301,900 tourist arrivals to Vietnamin the first seven months of this year.
The Vietnamese Government has extended the visa duration for Americantourists from three months to one year in a bid to welcome 1 million USvisitors by 2017, he said.
He suggested the US send more sports delegations to increase exchanges with Vietnamese partners.
Anh took the occasion to thank the US Department of State for workingwith the Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to successfullyorganise Vietnamese days in the US.
He also thanked the Department’s Ambassadors Fund for CulturalPreservation for supporting cultural preservation activities in Vietnamvia non-governmental organisations.
Vietnam, US boost culture-tourism cooperation
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